Dia Mirza biography

Dia was born in December 9, 1981 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her dad's name was Frank Handrich, a German National, and an Interior Designer by profession, and her mom, Deepa, is Bengali-speaking. Deepa and Frank separated when Dia was 6, and Frank passed away three years later. Deepa then married Ahmed Mirza. The family lived in Khairatabad near Hyderabad and she completed her schooling in Vidyaranya High School and in Nasr School. Her step-father passed away during 2004.

She was introverted and unhappy as a child, and it was her parents, especially her mom, who instilled self-confidence and assisted her to break free from the barriers of low self-esteem.

Dia Mirza was offered a cameo role in Karan Johar's Imran Khan-Sonam Kapoor starrer I Hate Luv Stories. She was director Punit Malhotra's first choice for the role that Bruna Abdullah is going to do. Dia declined the offer as she didn't want to do one more cameo after having done one in Karan's other film Kurbaan.By Pritam Roy

Diya is of mixed parentage born to a German father and a Bengali mother. She was Miss India 2nd runner up and went on to win the title of Miss Asia-Pacific on December 2, 2000 at Manila.By Paromeeta Mathur Banerjee

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